Maricel Ballester Earns All-CAA Third Team Honors
April 19, 2007 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 19, 2007) - George Mason's top women's tennis player senior Maricel Ballester earned All-CAA Third team honors for her performances in singles action this season. The award marks the second straight year she has received the All-CAA third team honor. Last season she also earned All-CAA Second team in doubles with Andreea Fusea for their accomplishments on the court as a team in doubles. Ballester finished with an 8-10 overall record, including a 2-2 record in matches against CAA opponents. The Lima, Peru native, played all of her matches from the No. 1 position. She finishes her four-year career with a 49-41 overall singles record, all from the top two singles positions. The awards were presented this evening prior to the quarterfinals of the 2007 CAA Women's Tennis Championship, which resumes Friday at the Huntington Park Tennis Center in Newport News. The tournament runs through Sunday, with the women's championship match set for 10:00 a.m. on April 22.
2007 ALL-CAA WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM First Team Singles Ragini Acharya, William & Mary Fr. Pulaski, Va. Olga Borisova, VCU Sr. Minsk, Belarus Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary Sr. Monroe, Mich. Tatsiana Uvarova, VCU Jr. Minsk, Belarus Marianna Yuferova, VCU Jr. St. Petersburg, Russia Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary So. Etobicoke, Ontario Doubles Olga Borisova, VCU Sr. Minsk, Belarus Marianna Yuferova, VCU Jr. St. Petersburg, Russia Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary Sr. Monroe, Mich. Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary So. Etobicoke, Ontario Dariana Kozmina, Georgia State So. Kharkiv, Ukraine Rachel Malina, Georgia State So. Decatur, Ga. Second Team Singles Magdalena Bresson, William & Mary Fr. Delray Beach, Fla. Charleen Haarhoff, Old Dominion So. Durban, South Africa Viktoria Konstantinova, VCU Jr. Hanskovo, Bulgaria Dariana Kozmina, Georgia State So. Kharkiv, Ukraine Fernanda Luiz, Old Dominion Jr. Nova Lima, Brazil Molly Molony, UNC Wilmington Sr. Ft. Mitchell, Ky. Doubles Charleen Haarhoff, Old Dominion So. Durban, South Africa Fernanda Luiz, Old Dominion Jr. Nova Lima, Brazil Molly Molony, UNC Wilmington Sr. Ft. Mitchell, Ky. Priscilla Roberts, UNC Wilmington Jr. Peachtree City, Ga. Barbara Zidek, William & Mary So. Orland Park, Ill. Klaudyna Kasztelaniec, William & Mary So. Krakow, Poland Third Team Singles Maricel Ballester, George Mason Sr. Lima, Peru Klaudyna Kasztelaniec, William & Mary So. Krakow, Poland Gabriela Marginean, Drexel Fr. Cluj-Napoca, Romania Martina Nitkova, Georgia State Fr. Vratimov, Czech Republic 2007 CAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary 2007 CAA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Ragini Acharya, William & Mary 2007 CAA COACH OF THE YEAR: Kevin Epley, William & Mary
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